Human-treatment apparatus.



No. 7:2,375. Patented octfza, I902.

l. J. HARTFORD.

HUMAN TREATMENT APPARATUS.

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HUMAN TREATMENTAPPARATUS.

(Application filed Dec, 17, 1901.)

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,, SsPECIFlCATION forming part of Letters Pat's No. 712,375, datedoctets 28, 19021 1 Application filed December i7,1901.1 Serial No.86,302. (IlomodelJ,

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Be it known that LISAAQ JAMES HARTFORD, a citizen .of the United States,residing at Bloomington, in the county of McLean and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Humair'lreatmentApparatus, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in human-treatment apparatus.

It refers particularly to an apparatus to be used in the treatment ofall human diseases that may be influenced by manipulation and treatmentof the spinal column and the nerves and muscles along the same and thespinal cord contained therein, the object being the provision of a novelconstruction to be placed at any desired point along the spinal columnwhereby ribs and vertebrae may be adjusted and nerves and their centersalong the spinal column may be either stimulated or inhibited and thelungs and thorax developed by certain positions of the apparatus andcertain To attain the desired objects myinvention' consists of anapparatus for the treatment of human ailments embodying novel featuresof construction substantially as disclosed herein.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my apparatus adjusted andcomplete and in position for use. Fig. 2 represents a verticaltransverse sectional view. Fig. 3 represents a perspective, view of thebase which carries the adjustable uprights, and Fig. 4 represents aperspective view of one of said uprights. Fig.5 represents a perspectiveview of the wedge-shaped support used in adjusting the incline of theapparatus. Fig. 6 represents a perspective view of a modified form of myapparatus, and Fig. 7 is a detail view of an adjusting-strip. Fig. 8 isan end view of modified construction.

My novel apparat us is preferably supported upon a table and is composedof the wedge shaped or inclined support A, which adjusts the incline ofthe apparatus to conform to the curves of the spinal column of thepatient under treatment. Upon this support rests support or base B,provided with a series of transverse slots or openingsC,preferably fourin number, arranged two at each end of the support or base, and passingthrough the slots found desirable and necessary.

In use the patient rests upon the supports or uprights, which areadjusted to bear properly against the patientwith reference to thespinal column. It will be seen that when the apparatus is placed at somepoint along the spinal column, the supportsbeing adjusted with referenceto the needs of the patient, whether that be to adjust the vertebrae orribs or inhibit or stimulate a certain chain of nerves or affect somenerve center or certain nerves or relax certain contract-ions in muscles, the object may be obtained by the intelligent direction ofeither the patient or operator, thus influencing the action and forcesof vital organs and vital fluids of the human body to the extent ofremoving the cause or to the relief of the ailment being treated; also,that by adj ustmentof the ribs and spinal vertebrae the lung capacitymay be developed and enlarged, the thorax adjusted, thereby enhancingthe more complete oxidation of the blood, resulting in consequentstrength and vitality to the patient under treatment, and generally myapparatus will prove of great benefit in the treatment of humanailments, as herein described.

It will be understood that my apparatus is placed upon a suitable tableor platform, and the inclined base givesthe proper incline to cause thepatient under treatment to rest properly, with the head at the requiredelevation and the body upon the uprights, which are adjusted to bearupon the portion of the anatomy under treatment, and the patient is thenin the best position to be manipulated upon by the attendant.

I claim 1. An apparatus for treating the human body, consisting of aninclined support, a base resting thereon, a series of adjustingscrews inthe base, and walls engaged by said screws and adjust-able withreference to said base to bear upon the portion of the body undertreatment.

2. An apparatus for human treatment, consisting of a base suitablysupported, longitudinally-arranged uprights on said base, and devicesfor adjusting said uprights transversely of the base.

3. An apparatus for human treatment, consisting of a base having aseries of transverse slots, uprights arranged longitudinally on saidbase, and adjusting-screws arranged in the slots and engaging theuprights to adjust said'uprights laterally on said base.

4:. An apparatus for treating the human body, composed of a wedge-shapedbase-support, a base resting thereon and uprights mounted on said baseand adapted to bear against that portion of the spinal column beingtreated, said uprights being adjustable on the base.

5. An apparatus for treating the human body, composed of thebase-supports, the base thereon having the transverse slots, theadjusting-screws arranged in said slots, the uprights receiving saidscrews capable of being adjusted on said base and the adj usting-stripsfor adjusting the heights of said uprights.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC JAMES HARTFORD.

Witnesses:

E. P. KRUM, JOHN H. W001).

